She helped me whip up a batch before nap time. And then it took her over 30 minutes to fall asleep. I think she was too excited to try a cookie :o)
Here's the recipe... you won't be disappointed! (I posted this recipe on my blog over a year ago but decided it's time to give it a picture face lift and share it again.)
Soft and Chewy Snickerdoodles
(my
father-in-law's favorite!)
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted
butter (softened)
1 ½ cups
sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp
vanilla
2 ¾ cups
flour
2 tsp cream of
tarter
1 tsp baking
soda
¼ tsp
salt
To roll
cookies in:
3 Tb
sugar
2 tsp
cinnamon
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Cream
butter and sugar together.
3. Add in
eggs, one at a time, add vanilla, until well-combined.
4. Mix dry
ingredients in a separate bowl and add it to the wet mix in 2-3
stages.
5. Mix the 2 Tb of sugar and cinnamon together in small
bowl.
6. Use your hands to roll dough into little (ping-pong
ball sized) balls.
7. Roll dough balls in the sugar mixture until covered.
Place on un-greased cookie sheet, 2 to 3 inches apart.
8. Bake 7 to
8 minutes, until they spread out and have JUST started to turn brown. Let sit on baking sheet 2 minutes or longer. Remove
from cookie sheets and place on a cooling rack. Don’t let them cook too long or
they will be hard.
You want a chewy cookie with a crisp outside.
9. Enjoy a few and share the rest!
I got too excited to finish the last few cookies and they got crowded.
Oh well, still so tasty!
Piled high and ready to share!
I love to bless others with home-baked goodies and it's a great time to teach my kids so many things: measurements, how to follow directions (in the form of a recipe), patience (to wait to enjoy the end result or lick the spoon) and that making things from scratch is a better choice every time.
My girl, a baker at heart :o)
Have a blessed week,
